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Written by The Scribbler Every time I review a Mary Kay training document covering the do’s, don’ts, and you-darned-well-better’s of Seminar, I have to go draw a hot bath and pop two 800mg ibuprofen. Most of the Seminar guidance put forth by Mary Kay’s leaders reads like Bible prose: “Yea, …

How cults exercise control over the way their members think… and how Mary Kay might be similar. Cult expert Steven Hassan, author of Combating Cult Mind Control, provides lots of information about cults. He is a former cult member as well as a certified counselor. Cults exercise four distinct types …

This part of our cult series compares Mary Kay to cults with a Cult Checklist from the International Cultic Studies Association. Does Mary Kay fit the bill? “The following list of social-structural, social-psychological, and interpersonal behavioral patterns commonly found in cultic environments may be helpful in assessing a particular group …

Mary Kay has often been described as a cult, or as having cult-like characteristics. This is the first of a 3 part series exploring the cult issue. Is Mary Kay a cult? No. Does it have many things in common with cults? Yes! The fact that Mary Kay Inc. is …

Written by SuzyQ I got out of Mary Kay, so why do I still feel bad? As directors, even if we weren’t wildly successful, we still were Mary Kay in our minds. We made it to the TOP 2% of the company and we had everything together. In part one, …

Written by SuzyQ Have you heard the saying that you get into Mary Kay and Mary Kay gets into you? It describes how immersed women get in th Mary Kay culture. It’s meant to be a fun phrase to throw around, but it just shows how hard-core women become about …

Written by DK No matter what type of personality you are, the Cult of Mary Kay has a script to use on you! For the last few years that my spouse was in Mary Kay, I became extremely suspicious of what I began to refer to (and still do) as …

Written by Raisinberry Many years ago, Christian writer, Bob Larson wrote a book to help churches and Pastors identify exactly which religious groups were “cults.” (You have to love the pomposity of placing yourself as judge so you are excluded from the comparison! But I digress.) Using Bob’s standard of …